IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zanesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2014IN037001
  • User Pedon ID: 2014IN037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2014IN037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42553
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.4512560
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6978570
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 810 feet south and 790 feet east of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles south and 4 miles east of Crystal
  • Map Unit: ZnC2—Apalona-Zanesville silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN037—Dubois
  • MLRA: 120B—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN037—Dubois County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-D6—Cuzco, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert C. Wingard, Frank Sanders
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zanesville
  • PSC - 33 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2014
  • Classifier - Steve Neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zanesville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/1973
  • Classifier - Robert Wingard
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty noncalcareous loess over residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated shale, unspecified
  • Geology: Racoon Creek Group group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1973 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert C. Wingard, Frank W. Sanders
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill, water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    B

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btx

    2Btx

    3C

    3Cr

    0

    23

    33

    48

    66

    81

    119

    142

    201

    23

    33

    48

    66

    81

    119

    142

    201

    233

    73B0125

    73B0126

    73B0127

    73B0128

    73B129

    73B130

    73B131

    73B132

    73B133

    Wingard, Sanders

    Wingard, Sanders

    Wingard, Sanders

    Wingard, Sanders

    Sanders, Wingard

    Wingard, Sanders

    Wingard, Sanders

    Wingard, Sanders

    Wingard, Sanders

    15.2

    21.5

    25.8

    27

    26.7

    21.4

    21.5

    58.6

    50

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    79.2

    75

    70.7

    69.9

    69.7

    62.4

    51.8

    27.5

    34.3

    48.4

    47.6

    37.3

    37.3

    39.8

    36.9

    31.3

    18.7

    24.7

    30.8

    27.4

    33.4

    32.6

    29.9

    25.5

    20.5

    8.8

    9.8

    5.6

    3.5

    3.5

    3.1

    3.6

    16.2

    26.7

    13.9

    15.7

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    hydrometer

    hydrometer

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    hydrometer

    0.4

    0.1

    0.1

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    0.6

    5.9

    0.3

    0.2

    0.4

    0.3

    0.5

    0.3

    0.3

    0.3

    1.4

    0.2

    0.1

    0.6

    0.5

    0.9

    0.5

    0.4

    1

    1.3

    0.6

    0.3

    2.4

    1.5

    1.2

    1.2

    1.7

    9.7

    10.9

    12.1

    6.3

    1.8

    1.1

    0.8

    1.1

    1.2

    4.6

    7.2

    0.7

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    sil

    sil

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    sicl

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    sil

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    c

    c

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    6.8

    5.4

    4.9

    4.7

    4.6

    4.5

    4.6

    4.7

    5.5
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    B

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btx

    2Btx

    3C

    3Cr

    0

    23

    33

    48

    66

    81

    119

    142

    201

    23

    33

    48

    66

    81

    119

    142

    201

    233

    73B0125

    73B0126

    73B0127

    73B0128

    73B129

    73B130

    73B131

    73B132

    73B133

    6.3

    5

    4.4

    4.2

    4.1

    4.1

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    16

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    71

    42

    33

    28

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    37

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    B

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btx

    2Btx

    3C

    3Cr

    0

    23

    33

    48

    66

    81

    119

    142

    201

    23

    33

    48

    66

    81

    119

    142

    201

    233

    73B0125

    73B0126

    73B0127

    73B0128

    73B129

    73B130

    73B131

    73B132

    73B133

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    2.9

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    Dactylis glomerata

    orchardgrass

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, paralithic

    very strongly coherent

    moderately coherent

    81 - 142

    201 - 226

    - 61 -

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic contact

    0—23

    32—142

    33—142

    81—142

    119—226

    201—226

    —23—

    —110—

    —109—

    —61—

    —114—

    —25—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    216

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    180

    1207

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    181

    12.2

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    IN2309

    Dubois S IN Forage Farm

    coop
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 79 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (21.0) fine roots throughout; many (21.0) medium high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39898; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 75 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (21.0) fine roots throughout; many (21.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39899; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine vesicular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39900; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050824; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050824
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots between peds; 21.0 fine tubular and 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent thin very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39901; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050825; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050825
    Bt3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 22 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39902; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050826; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050828; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050826; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050828
    Btx—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 16 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 21 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; few (0.1) fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 22 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39903; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050829; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050831; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050829; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050831
    2Btx—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery silt loam; 27 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 22 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; , 29 percent by weight flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39904; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—142 to 201 centimeters (55.9 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; 14 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 59 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; ; 25 percent fine distinct cylindrical weakly coherent cemented 10B 6/2 (10B 6/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39905; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cr—201 to 226 centimeters (79.1 to 89.0 inches); light gray (N 7/0) bedrock; 16 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 50 percent clay; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct cylindrical mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A39906; moist when described; observed in pit, small